Paulick Report Staff | 07.27.2011 | 9:04pm
Calimonco wins Wickerr
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What started out as a somewhat formful card on Wednesday at Del Mar, which featured a pick six carryover of $239,490, ended with two huge longshots that led to the fourth highest pick six payoff in the San Diego-area track's history. There was one ticket that had all six winners, and that $3,024 ticket was worth $1,109,920 (plus 20 consolations with five winners, adding $87,720, for a grand total of $1,197,640).
The pick six sequence started with Three Cuties, a $7.40 winner of the third race and the only betting favorite to win. Then came Hameildaeme, $14.80 winner of the fourth, Te Rapa, $8.40 winner of the fifth, and, Pedaltothemedal, $6.80 winner of the sixth event. But then Marty and Pam Wygod's Calimonco, coming off a poor performance in his California debut at Hollywood, lit up the board with a $43.40 upset of the Wickerr Stakes, edging 11-1 outsider John Johny Jak by a nose under Victor Espinosa. On Sunday, Espinosa was involved in a terrible three-horse spill on the day's final race that sent him to the hospital for X-rays of an injured ankle.
In the nightcap, Alonso Quinonez guided Paul Aguirre-trained first-time starter January Miss to a similar late-running upset, paying $49.40 to win a 2-year-old filly maiden claiming event, and making one pick six ticketholder very, very happy.
Calimonco wins Wickerr
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What started out as a somewhat formful card on Wednesday at Del Mar, which featured a pick six carryover of $239,490, ended with two huge longshots that led to the fourth highest pick six payoff in the San Diego-area track's history. There was one ticket that had all six winners, and that $3,024 ticket was worth $1,109,920 (plus 20 consolations with five winners, adding $87,720, for a grand total of $1,197,640).
The pick six sequence started with Three Cuties, a $7.40 winner of the third race and the only betting favorite to win. Then came Hameildaeme, $14.80 winner of the fourth, Te Rapa, $8.40 winner of the fifth, and, Pedaltothemedal, $6.80 winner of the sixth event. But then Marty and Pam Wygod's Calimonco, coming off a poor performance in his California debut at Hollywood, lit up the board with a $43.40 upset of the Wickerr Stakes, edging 11-1 outsider John Johny Jak by a nose under Victor Espinosa. On Sunday, Espinosa was involved in a terrible three-horse spill on the day's final race that sent him to the hospital for X-rays of an injured ankle.
In the nightcap, Alonso Quinonez guided Paul Aguirre-trained first-time starter January Miss to a similar late-running upset, paying $49.40 to win a 2-year-old filly maiden claiming event, and making one pick six ticketholder very, very happy.